Multiple-alarm fire
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One-alarm fires, two-alarm fires, three-alarm fires, etc., are categories classifying the seriousness of fires, commonly used in the United States and in Canada, particularly indicating the level of r
The Eastern Market in Washington, D.C., was damaged by a three-alarm fire in 2007
New York City's Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava was mostly destroyed by a four-alarm fire in 2016
This row of small businesses was destroyed in a five-alarm fire in New York City in 2013
Fire alarm call box
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A fire alarm box, fire alarm call box, or fire alarm pull box is a device used for notifying a fire department of a fire or a fire alarm activation. Typically installed on street corners or on the out
Multiple-alarm fire
…rather how many companies/units and how many firefighters are operating on scene. The system of classification comes from the old tradition of using pull stations to alert the local departments to a fire in their area. When initially pulled, a pull box will pulse its identification number multiple times to a…
Fire alarm call box (Somerville, Massachusetts)
Combined police telephone and fire alarm (San Francisco)
A box card used by the Chicago Fire Department
Patent drawing depicting the signal station (alarm box), the central dispatching station, and the alarm station at the fire house.